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US President Donald Trump has threatened an entire continent with a 200 per cent tariff if it does not relent on plans to impose tariffs on a key American export.

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky have all weighed in on a US-brokered Russia-Ukraine ceasefire agreement, with a war of words fuelling fires on instability and a deal labelled ‘impossible’.

Pro-Kremlin Russian analysts, politicians and nationalist military bloggers said Russia would probably reject the ceasefire as a trap that would harm Russian interests and benefit Ukraine.

Pakistan's military says it has killed all 33 militants involved in the hijacking of a train in which 21 hostages were killed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since Ukraine’s 2024 incursion, ordering his military to ‘fully liberate’ the area and treat Ukrainian soldiers as ‘terrorists’.

President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on all US steel and aluminium imports have come into effect, stepping up a campaign to reorder global trade in favour of the US and drawing swift retaliation from Canada and Europe.

US President Donald Trump says officials are travelling to Russia ‘right now’ to discuss a Ukraine ceasefire agreement, warning of what he could do if Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to peace.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: If you are confused by President Donald Trump’s zigzagging strategies on Ukraine, tariffs, microchips or a host of other issues, it is not your fault. It’s his. 

The parliamentary elections produced a surprise result given the US President’s stated goal of taking control of the island one way or another.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US shift back towards Kyiv during the truce talks will test the relationship between Trump and Putin, and likely impact the MAGA warriors stoking a Ukraine-America split.

Ukraine has agreed to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the conflict with Russia after talks with a US delegation in Saudi Arabia.

RAYMOND DA SILVA ROSA: Americans who favour tariffs are like well-paid productive office workers who believe they could be contenders as tennis professionals if only they were given a permanent wild card entry.

Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has called for Australia to back Europe’s coalition of the willing, warning if the world allows those with the ‘biggest guns’ to win, smaller countries will suffer.

A bold look and even bolder display of public affection has marked Kate Middleton’s and Prince William latest public appearance — the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey.

AARON PATRICK: A blistering put down by US President Donald Trump is unlikely to make Malcolm Turnbull unhappy.